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School Counseling Program Focus:

The mission of professional school counselors in Eagle County is to provide a comprehensive, developmental, and preventative counseling program addressing academic, career, and social/emotional domains for all students.The school counselor collaborates with students, parents, educators, and community members to foster a safe and supportive environment in which all students may acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and global readiness skills necessary to become compassionate, productive members of society.

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Eagle County Schools is committed to providing age and grade appropriate counseling services at all of our schools. In addition to general school day programs and services, our counselors are available to both students and parents by appointment. Learn more about Eagle County Schools counseling services and school resources by exploring the icons below.

George McNeil, PsyD
Works with victims of vicarious trauma through the Sheriff’s Office. His personal office is based is based out of Colorado Mountain Medical primarily in the Edwards branch.
970.688.0880

Connect For Health Colorado: Eagle Countyconnectforhealthco.com/
Easy online or in-person navigation in order to secure health insurance/health insurance information for those people living in Colorado.
Contact: 970.328.8736

Elevated Parenting: Eagle Countyelevatedparenting.com
Their mission is to help parents learn simple and clear parenting strategies to help children’s behavior improve and build strong relationships with their families while raising great humans.
Contact Person: Julia Kozusko, 970.688.4578 or julia@elevatedparenting.com

American School Association Counseling Mindsets & Behaviors

Description - ASCA National Model

School counseling programs are collaborative efforts benefiting students, parents, teachers, administrators and the overall community. School counseling programs should be an integral part of students' daily educational environment, and school counselors should be partners in student achievement. The question has been posed, "What do school counselors do?" The more important question is, "How are students different as a result of what school counselors do?" To help answer this question, the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) created the ASCA National Model®, which is a framework for a comprehensive, data-driven school counseling program.

The "ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success: K-12 College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Every Student" describe the knowledge, skills, and attitudes students need to achieve academic success, college and career readiness and social/emotional development. The standards are based on a survey of research and best practices in student achievement from a wide array of educational standards and efforts. Download the ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success.

Naviance - Family Connection

Naviance-Family Connection

Naviance-Family Connection is an online post-secondary and career exploration program that is provided for all 6th through 12th grade Eagle County School District students. The quality of career information and up-to-date college and scholarship information make this online service a premier opportunity for ECSD students to link their interests and skills with post-secondary opportunities. Naviance is the “storage locker” for ICAP information providing teachers, parents, and students an opportunity to view a student’s four-year plan, academic-extracurricular-postsecondary goals, and post-secondary preparation.

Family Connection also lets us share information with you and your child about upcoming meetings and events, local scholarship opportunities, and other resources for college and career information. Family Connection is also linked with Naviance Succeed™, a service that we use in our schools to track and analyze data about college and career plans, so it provides up-to-date information that’s specific to our school.

Family Connection will allow you and your child to:

Get involved in the planning and advising process

Build a resume, complete online surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers

Research colleges

Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been admitted in the past (data dates to 2014/2015)

Research careers

Research hundreds of careers and career clusters, and take career assessments like the Do What You Are® test.

Create plans for the future – Build course plans, create goals and to-dos, and complete tasks assigned to you by the school to better prepare yourself for your future college and career goals.

To visit your student’s Family Connection site, do so through your school’s website.

ICAP (Individual Career and Academic Plan)

Naviance is the warehouse for ICAP, a Colorado state requirement for all students in grades 6-12, the ICAP process assists every student in setting life goals and forming a plan to achieve their goals.

Through Middle School and High School, students and families are intentionally guided in the exploration of career, academic and postsecondary opportunities.

The ICAP is designed to assist students in discovering their talents and develop marketable skills for life after graduation.
Parents: How to get involved?

Ask your student about their ICAP.

Ask them about their interested in the world, outside of school.

Discuss their goals dreams and hopes for the future. Allow their imaginations to soar, never discouraging the flight.

Share stories about your own career choices and path.

Talk about what has changed and why.

Talk to your adult friends and family members about their career choices and education/training – ask if your child can visit their work site to learn more about their jobs.

Volunteer at Back to School Nights – sometimes that will be where ICAP activities happen.

Utilize your student’s Naviance-Family Connection account – see the resources that are available to help Explore, Prepare and Advance your child's future.

Volunteer to be a guest speaker in your child's classroom – speaking about your career/job/education. Anything that is authentic and supportive would be great.